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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Top 100 Children's Books Challenge

This last fall, Amber from The Literary Wife shared with me her personal challenge to read every book on Fuse #8's Top 100 Children's Novels. I was going to join in the challenge, but thought I would just do a quick post instead about what books I have and have not read on the list. I may eventually pick up those I have not yet read at some point in the future, but I really need to work on reading the books on my shelf this next year. And, I have already signed up for more challenges than I had originally planned.

Let's get to the list . . . I have bolded all titles that I have read. Those that are in italics are ones that I believe that I have read in my younger years, but unfortunately cannot remember for sure!

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riodan

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett

Winnie-the Pooh by A.A. Milne

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland /Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

Half Magic by Edward Eager

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall

Frindle by Andrew Clements

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The BFG by Roald Dahl

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

The Secret of the Old Clock (The Nancy Drew mysteries) by Caroline Keene

Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

Ballet Shoes by Noah Streatfeild

Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Betsy Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge

On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg

The High King by Lloyd Alexander

Ramona and her Father by Beverly Cleary

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Caddie Woodlawn by C. R. Brink

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

The Witches by Roald Dahl

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Children of Green Knowe by L.M. Boston

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Looking at the numbers, that puts me at a strong 30 confirmed, with a possible 8 more. We will stick with the lower number to be on the safe side!

5 comments:

Oh I'll have to go through that list at some point when I have a second. I may have an extra copy of From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler sitting around somewhere if you want it. I'll have to find it first. Stepdaughter had to read it two years ago and we had two copies of the book.

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